Susan Richardson is living, writing and going blind in Hollywood. In addition to poetry and creative non -fiction, she also writes a blog called "Stories from the Edge of Blindness". Her work has been published in Free Lunch, The Old Red Kimono, Stepping Stones Magazine, Wildflower Muse, The Furious Gazelle, and The Hungry Chimera.
on noisy nights like these.
revealing just a little too much.
pushed aside by your addictions and my inadequacies.
tumbling from branch to leaf to earth.
and run into the embrace of a barbiturate fog.
evenings of discovering new writers.
I hide away in a hopeless longing for your return.
bold and enchanting under the falling rain.